In November 2025, Times Higher Education (THE) announced the Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026. Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) ranked 144th among a total of 1,267 ranked universities.

The Interdisciplinary Science Rankings measures the contributions and commitment of global universities to interdisciplinary science, including three key areas: inputs (19%), process (16%), and outputs (65%), with 11 carefully calibrated performance indicators as follows:

-Inputs:

Funding for interdisciplinary research (8%)

Funding from industry (11%)

-Process:

Management support, facilities, administrative support, and administrative promotion (4% each)

-Outputs:

Number and proportion of interdisciplinary papers (15%)

Multidisciplinary impact through citations and research quality (25%)

Reputation from surveys on researchers (25%)